Google explores bringing fiber service to three new cities
Google islooking into the possibility of bringing its Google Fiber service to three new cities: Irvine, CA; Louisville, KY; and San Diego, CA. The company is reaching out to the cities to study construction factors, housing density, and the condition of existing infrastructure before moving forward.
Google Fiber is currently available in parts of three cities: Kansas City; Austin, TX; and Provo, UT. Google is building networks in some neighborhoods in six other cities: San Antonio, TX; Atlanta, GA; Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, NC; Nashville, TN; and Salt Lake City, UT. Google is also considering projects in Portland, OR; Phoenix, AZ; and San Jose, CA.
Exploring Three New Cities for Google Fiber (Google Fiber blog, Sept. 10, 2015)
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